Call For Papers for Shakespeare, the journal ofthe British Shakespeare Association

Contributions are invited for the 2006 and 2007 issuesof the new journal entitled Shakespeare being publishedRoutledge. The journal brings together Shakespearescholarship and Shakespeare in performance in orderto open newly emergent debates across disciplines,and is published online twice a year and in a bound paper volumecomprising two issues once a year. Contributions on alltopics and approaches to Shakespeare will beconsidered. The articles selected will be peer-reviewed.

The Performance Studies Focus Group (PSFG) of the Association for Theatre inHigher Education (ATHE) invites proposals for panels, seminars, roundtablediscussions, performances, workshops, and other innovative session formatsfor the annual ATHE meeting, which will be held at the Palmer House HiltonHotel in Chicago from August 3-6, 2006.

This conference marks the twentieth anniversary of ATHE, and will be basedaround the theme "Theatrical Milestones: Past Legacies, PresentPossibilities, Future Strategies." We encourage submissions that directlyrelate to this particular theme, as well as submissions that engage withthis specific theme to expand and interrogate a wide range of projects. We

In order to mark the centenary of Samuel Beckett=92s birth in 2006, =essays arerequested for a new volume examining Beckett=92s relationship with =Ireland.Entitled Beckett and Ireland: New Perspectives, this volume will offerreadings of Beckett=92s work in a social, political, and cultural =context.Although many readings of Beckett=92s work tend to stress his preference =for adeterritorialised aesthetic, there have been a number of important =recentarticles stressing Beckett=92s Irishness, and it is hoped that this =collectionwill build on such work in new and exciting ways. Possible topics mightinclude:

Theatron, a semi-annual theatre journal published out of Washington Universityin November and May, is currently accepting submissions, particularly fromgraduate students, in five different categories:

-Scholarly papers on the subjects of dramatic literature, criticism, theory,or performance. Submissions may be written in English, any Romance Language,or German.-New ten-minute plays or new translations of plays.-Production reviews, reviews of new plays or books on the subject of drama.-Interviews with theatre professionals.-Letters to the editors.

Shakespeare at Kalamazoo invites paper proposals for a panel on?Romantic Shakespeare?. Broadly considered, Romantic Shakespeare mayrefer to Shakespeare?s use of medieval romance; Shakespearean love (andlust); or even the Romantic period?s reception of Shakespeare. Papersthat are accepted for this panel will be presented at the 41stInternational Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 4-7May 2006.

Send brief abstracts to Melissa Smith by 20 September 2005:smithmk2_at_gmail.comorsmithmk2_at_mcmaster.ca